Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-11
PlTTSBU RG'S BIG BLAZE.
The W. L. T. Offices Burnt Out-The City
without Telephone Service.

'"ISe P"iti ot the community rs that IN
the First National EaDk building this
morpiny
wi.
'N N'''ch the C,h'raI lelephohe
ONCE !" completely destroyed, and that all
communication by means of the familiar
hell and "IIri,'' emf oiI ,,a rru iorort
or the 5is,..., ,..,, ,.,...,.,....., ri..,
" ''.'''' va" W "'''''S'"''' 'eS'"e
sue" III inconvenience even tie partial
paralysis "I the Western Union Telegraph
system in piitshur,h si,l.s int, i,.;,,,,,G
canrr in lhr eyes or tbr oyrr,gr Lnsinas.
man.
II was ~ minut,s to e o'rIn,k This morp-
ing when V. ! NrE,.yer and ,;..,.,.. /,
Stuart. IN. n,.ht nprrarnr, il .lor,,.pftb,.
Western Dn.u office. noticed ahI.,2e he.
nr.a a.. . .-,. ..~wft,', -.u,Id " 4 can nf'
,y.Ha. ,G.r.r..,u a.. ,r. ,ja,r. b.' with.
r,.t ,.I".'. .,sH .. ulam as -erl Ir ..Dn
'.. - 4 tL.- T,, the g hal al, pG
-. siQ h .oor lud vas ~ rirp
j. he ~-imiov st. .crs ..''.
..mok,
IN e. mausard. O. Ne ntl. ,N. ,n..
100" II ~ Op" oil gravity batter
well stored p.,. minutes tn Il
had rearnr, .nd was ma. inc h oc al. ~,
then - pme tim tLy foo. of the
operating I, IL ,urnrd th",r'", and thc
telephone rooI vas IN in r,t'n,k of
the trouble Ihe p d"nartm nt J.
promptly responded the Ca" IN, n
the dir. or OF Chief Eva swere throwing
several sire Is on II, u-u.nrI i'd
ing. The waite y 1rcd d ,wn .hrcIrn
the blazing rooms and into lie Office of
the bank. Bedilior j"welry store. 70,
was pretty III dr,wred Ihe ,etwor,,
of wires that entered IildInr ere
burned or cut OF in he first onslaupnt and
dropp, Il wuh crash to the ST act. hin
half an hour from the time t,,t the .larm
was giv, a the damar, vas Go and
the deparrmcnt haI Inc fire under control
The mar,lrd h 4 ALLEN in. an masses ~
iron. ,.ooO and tin were droppn. Z into
Fifth 4. nu, aln., walls
The r,,.i-, If Tia, ..l. iscaeily nm erstood
Wires !fo.., " Gich tl.. Dvcring 1 hcen
guawcd w ats were cIU- Il at the back uf
Ihe swift bnlrG and tUIr, hrtols .uIinu
. # NIGHT ha SO, fire to g.. boar.l. but
v,.Nout DANA,
Manager Ciaf. uf tlc Western Union.
nd heir loss would lac at least $50 600
occasioncd bv the DANA ed instruments
and apparatuscs. while the business they
would nc, SsariI he compr,lrd , lose
wou,i ,,so amount to = copsider,b,e sum.
Supcrintrpdcut MrtLuor. of thr teIenhonc
cnnnouy sovs tbr;r loss is SIO ODp and *
rnIII coynrci Inv insurance oviro tothr
orr.,rge,nnrt ot tbn i,phopa ,yires and
r,,rh,rarv Il ,y;II hr ;rtnnssibIc f thnm
"a Ioc , olsey,hore md os il will 10
pec,ss,r,. "a r,..orr.,n,. r,arvtbin,, IN fin,
'JJ LniIding Il wiII Ir fam two tn fonr
weeks hafnre the teIcnhone service will he
in compIcte WORKING order
Tbe Eirst EotionoI b,,l, roor,s y,erc in
M ,v,v Jomo"ed by ,bc fire. or wafer only
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;.,',rao n""u, Tharm - sorno ,1vstory as 80
ryhct%nr ,bo tcIcrrnnb romn5nv WAS in,
srroJ ~ not II wos rnn'ored that il
I'D Lo - tot,l Lose 70 ther ,yb;Ie an
o,hcr ,,, rcnort ,yns tbat II ,yas !rsnrrJ in a
Nan, Wi. cornnory o,,r.d and on.rt.d
Inv fine Western Union. Manners Clarke
a1d Williams soiJ they knev nothing
al MT # rs thr matter was IN ch..rre Of the
New York Office
Snnrrintrnd + Fo,Ia. .,ce of Il g Cham
bcr or Comme,rc invited Mana. CLARK,
nf,he wcstnr, Inn. ~ Cnmn,nv to take N
,ar. ,or,,,. nm, ora ot thc r,o,,s ,r re
Chai,.Lo, ~, u NJ strsct The invitation,